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I would have to think about this but I do think MY No1 would be the classic British film 'The Dambusters' Purely historic without any over the top dramatic, no love scene just pure British grit to get a job done . . . . Twelve O'clock High' has to be in there, a true reflection of the stress endured 'Das Boot' I was blown away with the conditions under which they went to war Battle of Britain for it accurate portrail of the events Quite liked 'Hannover Street' for several reason by mainly the B25 and the music score I'm sure there are many more such as 633 Squadron as it was great to see so many Mosquitoes flying etc plus the music is so recognizable Back of my mind I have 'Howards Hawks, (1930's ?) WW1 aerial warfare with details, re-enactments from those that experienced those days

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Your on your way back to us . . . . thats great

So sorry to hear of your pain Ernie. Plenty of support for you a lot nearer to home than me but I wish you well , time is a great healer they say. Try and stay positive, I used to say to my children, just think ' PMA' Positive Mental Attitude' it does so help . . . . Ian

Thinking of you as you go under and we will be waiting on the other side . . . all the best for a speedy recovery

This is gonna be one heck of a build . . . . I'm watching and waiting . . . . Good luck Neil, your gonna need it

Curly I too am intending to build a diorama for my 32nd Lancaster. Although there are very few 32nd vehicle kits there are a few in 35th. The Bedford QL I plan to use as a crew transport, the OIL bowser I scratch built, the 'Tilly' I converted from an Austin to a Hillman. In the photo you can see a scratch built Nissen hut in 32nd as well as a couple of engine trestles and some wheel chocks. I also have the 32nd Iconicair trolley acc. as yet to be built but I did scratch a pneumatic trolley for set dressing. This is the last photo of the 35th AEC 4 x 4 conversion to a 6 x 6 refueller tanker, my mojo has dipped for the time being One reason for starting all these before the Lancaster is because as the Lancaster needs a lot of modifications, I suspect that my mojo would fail me and I probably couldn;t be bothered to build them later so tried to get them done first. I am also considering building a couple of bomb trolleys as I have just sought an item of witch to cast wheels . . . . Good luck with your diorama plans Ian

You are so right Dennis

I thought I was the only one who had noticed the nose turret fairing was wrong. Pleased to see the modification, it will look a lot better

Dennis I think it kinda proves that variation was common place so if you build it with the best references you can find then nobody can say its wrong . . . .

That seems to make sense to me, thanks for sharing that Ian

Aviation related, history of and the fact that I live a couple of miles from an old Bomber Command airfield. Aviation related includes RAF vehicles in numerous scales and my (very) long term project is to build the technical site of the Bomber station . . . . I used to model old British lorries from the British Road Services fleet. Two display cases later and I have moved on. Time limits my choice to perhaps diverse into other areas.

Some pics of the Phantom . . . Turret interior of the mid-upper appears not to the the lighter metal. 'Trigger' Simpson in his turret, note the windows are NOT painted over and the 'W' is the short version . . . I suspect the rear turret will be the same ie a dark metal interior. Some of the crew with the groundcrew. Note the starboard cockpit blister, note also the repair just by the window . . . Some of the crew by the starboard U/C leg showing its colour detail. Note also the tailwheel, it has the anti-shimmy groove . . . I hope these help Dennis, I would like to see one of 'my' girls looking the best she can. I intend to build one of her sisters in the near future best of luck PS She did not have the Gas circle on her nose when she had completed her 21st operation so if you are going for her first Berlin sortie you would be well advised to the markings on the nose. Ian

I built an aircraft for a friend because he had no skills to build anything never ever being a modeller. It was an aircraft that his cousin was lost in and the instruction was for the aircraft to have the squadron marking etc. A straight forward build and he loved it. I am not in the habit of doing such builds, its just that it flew from an airfield nearby.

Operations flown from RAF Grimsby with 100 Squadron. 11/06/43 FZ-A EE139 Sgt. Clark Dusseldorf 12/06/43 FZ-A EE139 Sgt. Clark Bochum 14/06/43 FZ-A EE139 Sgt. Clark Oberhausen Icing (Returned Early) 16/06/43 FZ-A EE139 Sgt. Clark Cologne 08/07/43 HW-R EE139 F/Sgt. Clark Cologne 12/07/43 HW-R EE139 F/Sgt. Clark Turin Overshoot 24/07/43 HW-R EE139 F/Sgt. Clark Hamburg 25/07/43 HW-R EE139 F/Sgt. Clark Essen 27/07/43 HW-R EE139 W/O Clark Hamburg 29/07/43 HW-R EE139 W/O Clark Hamburg Landed at Lindholme 30/07/43 HW-R EE139 W/O Clark Remscheid 02/08/43 HW-R EE139 W/O Clark Hamburg 07/08/43 HW-R EE139 W/O Wright L Genoa 09/08/43 HW-R EE139 F/Sgt. Bagot Manheim 10/08/43 HW-R EE139 W/O Clark Nuremburg 12/08/43 HW-R EE139 W/O Clark Milan 14/08/43 HW-R EE139 F/Sgt. Bagot Milan 17/08/43 HW-R EE139 W/O Clark Peenemunde 22/08/43 HW-R EE139 W/O Clark Leverkusen 23/08/43 HW-R EE139 W/O Clark Berlin 28/08/43 HW-R EE139 W/O Clark Nuremburg Returned early Bad oil leak 30/08/43 HW-R EE139 W/O Clark Monchen Gladbach 31/08/43 HW-R EE139 W/O Clark Berlin 03/09/43 HW-R EE139 W/O Clark Berlin 05/09/43 HW-R EE139 W/O Clark Mannheim F/Sgt. Hardman 2nd dickie 06/09/43 HW-R EE139 W/O Clark Munich 22/09/43 HW-R EE139 W/O Clark Hannover Sgt. Cook 2nd dickie 23/09/43 HW-R EE139 W/O Clark Mannheim 1 Aileron off & shot up 03/11/43 HW-R EE139 W/O Heyes Dusseldorf 10/11/43 HW-R EE139 W/O Peasgood Modane 18/11/43 HW-R EE139 W/O Brook Berlin 22/11/43 HW-R EE139 F/Lt. Randall Berlin Glycol leak port inner 23/11/43 HW-R EE139 P/O Dripps Berlin After the last raid listed she transferred to 550 Squadron and flew another 6 operations from RAF Grimsby as 'R2' before flying out to RAF North Killingholme in early January 1944 I'm sure this will be of interest to you Dennis "She was an early Mk.I, without side blisters to her canopy." She carried a cockpit blister in the starboard side as did most Lancasters. Of those raids to Italy they were not considered worthy of an actual bomb symbols hence the Ice cream cone, Operation No.5, No. 12 and 15 & 16. Note top two rows are rows of 15 symbols whereas the third and subsequent rows are 13 Ian

When she was at Waltham . . . . she looked like this The flight engineer named the aircraft and painted the Ghoul on the nose. His skipper was W/O Ron Clark.

Dennis The phantom is one of my girls (100 Squadron based at RAF Grimsby) I will come back to you with some specs. Good luck with the build Ian

Its alright for some . . .

Its looking good Ernie, keep on truckin' . . .

A picture is worth a thousand words . . . . .

Here here . . .

Reminds me of the B17 that failed to take off during the filming of the Memphis Belle in 1988, crashed but no fatalities. I was there and your heart is in your mouth. My heart and prays go out to those on board, they were living the dream of flying in such an iconic aircraft